And that applies whether or not you’re spending months toiling away alone or demonstrating your craft in full view of TV audiences and judges, he says.

Mondo, (we’ll just call him by his first name, everyone else does), the Denver-based designer and “Project Runway All Stars” contestant, is closing in once again on one of the finalists’ spots on the popular fashion competition on Lifetime television.

After tonight’s challenge and elimination, airing at 7 p.m., four designers will remain. (The finale is March 22.) Mondo is expected to attend the show’s regular viewing party at Capitol Hill’s Beauty Bar tonight, 608 E. 13th Ave.